NetScaler Optimizes Belo

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- NetScaler, Inc., the firstcompany to provide web optimization products that enable continuousavailability and secure delivery of business-critical web applications,announced today that by deploying NetScaler's award-winning RequestSwitchTM system with integrated traffic management, Belo Interactiveinstantly doubled the capacity of its web infrastructure. BeloInteractive is the Internet subsidiary of Belo, the nation's ninthlargest media company and owner of the top-rated newspapers, televisionstations and cable networks in several of the top U.S. markets."NetScaler has become a critical piece of our networkinfrastructure," said Gordon Pate, manager of IT and operations forBelo Interactive. "The device immediately doubled our webinfrastructure's capacity, which has allowed my company to supportincreased business and growing sales without investing in additionalservers. On top of that, NetScaler has simplified the management of oursites and greatly improved my overall comfort level with our weboperations."Belo Interactive delivers news and information via the Internetthrough its 24 award-winning media property web sites. More than 5.7million unique visitors log onto Belo Interactive sites every month, accounting for more than 95million page views. Belo Interactive deployed NetScaler's traffic management product in an effort to keep pace with its growing user base while minimizing capital and operational expenditures. As a result of the deployment, Belo Interactive cut users' page load time significantly and doubled the number of simultaneous users its infrastructure could support.NetScaler Inc.